Wisconsin Continues Right-Wing Structural Reforms That Have Transformed the United States
Mark Weisbrot: Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, D.C. Posted: March 15, 2011 04:15 PM With the latest turn of events in Wisconsin, Republican state senators have circumvented the need for a quorum vote on Scott Walker’s budget bill by leaving out the fiscal clauses and passing the new laws curbing collective bargaining rights for state and public employees. This dubious tactical maneuver strips away the pretense that Walker and his GOP allies